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Cape Horn

noun

a headland on a small island at the southern extremity of South America: belongs to Chile.

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Words nearby Cape Horn

Cape Flats, Cape fox, Cape Girardeau, cape gooseberry, Cape Hatteras, Cape Horn, Cape Horn Current, Cape Horn fever, Cape jasmine, Čapek, capelet
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British Dictionary definitions for Cape Horn

Cape Horn

noun

a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the PacificAlso called: the Horn
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